2024 SCHEDULE
JANUARY —
Road to California Quilt Show, Ontario, CA — January 17 – 20, 2024 — Classes include: I am Here: Improv Mapping, Aurifilosophy Thread Matters, and Design Your Own Applique. Priority registration opens June 28th, with General Registration opening July 15th and the quilt competition opens August 1st.
FEBRUARY —
Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild, North Austin, TX — February 6 & 7th, 2024 — Lecture and Workshop — Understanding the Value of Color and the 1:10 Quilt.
Sew Original in Winston- Salem, NC — February 18-19th, two-day class, Tamarack Jacket. Visit Sew Original for details.
Attending QuiltCon, Raleigh, NC — February 22-25, 2024.
Attending MidAtlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia, — February 28 – March 1, 2024.
MARCH —
Gate City Quilt Guild, Greensboro, NC — March 7, 2024. Lecture: How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt.
John C. Campbell Folk School online classes through LessonFace — Documenting Your Quilts, If Our Quilts Could Talk, What Would They Say About Us? March 16th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Central. Visit the LessonFace website for complete information and registration.
Bear Creek Quilt Guild, Grapevine, TX — March 19 & 20th, 2024 — Lecture and Workshop: Help! My Fabric Stash is Growing and I Can’t Make It Stop! and StashBusters.
APRIL —
BERNINA World of Sewing, Raleigh, NC — April 12-13th, 2024, two day class Garment Cloning class — Create patterns from your ready-to-wear without taking your garments apart. Visit BERNINA World of Sewing for complete information and registration.
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC — I am Here: Improv Mapping workshop, April 14-20, 2023. The workshop is over one week and holds a maximum of 12 students. Registration will be open on July 1st, 2023 for the first half of the 2024 year.
BERNINA World of Sewing, Raleigh, NC — Bespoke Patchwork Skirt, Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 10- 4:30. Visit BERNINA World of Sewing for complete information and registration.
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AUGUST —
Original Sew Quilt Expo, Irving, TX — August 1 – 3, 2024. Classes include Quilting on a Serger, Thursday, Aug. 1st. and Aurifilosophy: Thread Matters from 6-9 pm. Friday 8:30 – 11:30am — Generational Quilting Traditions. Then, I’ll do some Spot Demonstrations on Thursday afternoon — The Best Tool in Your Sewing Room, which I will repeat again on Saturday at 3pm. On Friday and Saturday, I will share my Bespoke Patchwork Skirt with my son, Robin – and a little fashion show. I will have a booth with Fowl+Maker. Look for us in the front of the Exhibit hall.
BESPOKE PATCHWORK SKIRT — ONLINE– through John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE — August 22, 2024 — 9am – 4pm Central. Click here for registration information.
SEPTEMBER —
AQS LANCASTER — Lancaster, PA, September 11 -14, 2024 — Lecture: If Our Quilts Could Talk, What Wold They Say About Us? Workshops: Wool Applique by Machine, A is for Applique, Pro Tips for Accurate Piecing, Aurifilosophy Thread Matters, Be Wreath – Adorable Machine Applique.
GREENHOUSE MIXED TECHNIQUE QUILT — ONLINE — with John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE. Monday evenings, September 16, 23, 30 & October 14th from 5:30 – 8:00 pm CENTRAL. Click here for registration information.
NEW BRAUNFELS AREA QUILT GUILD, New Braunfels, TX — September 20 – 21st, 2024 — Lecture and Workshop ; Understanding the Value of Color and Aurifilosophy Thread Matters workshop
BERNINA WORLD OF SEWING, Raleigh NC — Color Sense two -day workshop, 10:00 to 4:30 pm. Call them or click on the link for all information and registration.
Quilt made by Pat Ashley of NC at a previous Color Sense class.
OCTOBER —
Durham Orange Quilt Guild, Mebane, NC — Judging the Quilt show. October 2 & 3, 2024. Quilt Show held October 4-6, 2024 at the Mebane Arts and Community Center.
Quilter’s Anonymous Quilt Guild, Shoreline, WA — October 8 – 10th, 2024 — Lectures: Tuesday – How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt, and Wednesday – Thread Matters, and Workshop — Carnation Machine Applique.
MSQC RETREAT at Hotel Hamilton, Hamilton , MO — October 17th – 21st, 2024 — Color Sense, three-day/four night workshop. This is my first retreat since 2008 and it’s meant to be epic. Retreat cost $600 — includes class, lodging, and meals — what a deal! Three days of Color Sense, including a trip to Missouri Star Quilt Company to shop for our quilt fabrics – and rubbing shoulders with some talented quilters.
Heavenly Stitches, Lima, Ohio — October 24th, 2024, Bespoke Patchwork Skirt. Visit Heavenly Stitches for complete information and registration.
Color Sense two-day workshop, October 25 – 26th, 2024.
NOVEMBER —
COURTHOUSE CABIN QUILT — ONLINE — with John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE, NOVEMBER 6, 13 & 20TH, from 5:30 – 8:00 pm Central. Click here for registration information.
DECEMBER —
2025 SCHEDULE
JANUARY —
Waterloo County Quilters Guild, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — January 15, 2025 — Virtual Lecture — How Technology is Changing the Way We Quilt.
Wildflower Quilt Guild, Temple, TX — January 21, 2025 — Virtual Lecture — Understanding the Value of Color
FEBRUARY —
QUILTMAKING 101 — ONLINE — with John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE. Thursday evenings beginning February 6th, 13, 20, 27, skipping to March 13, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24 & finishing May 1. Make a whole Sampler quilt of techniques over 11 class sessions. For complete information and registration, CLICK HERE. All class sessions are recorded so you won’t miss one of them and you can watch it again and again.
Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild, San Antonio, TX — February 7 – 8th, 2025 — Lecture and Workshop TBD
CREATING GARMENT PATTERNS FROM YOUR CLOSET — ONLINE — for John C. Campbell Folk School with LESSONFACE. Tuesdays, February 11 & 18, 2025 from 9 am – 4 pm Central. For registration and information, CLICK HERE.
Waterloo County Quilters Guild, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — February 15, 2025 — Virtual Workshop, the 1:10 Quilt.
MARCH —
I AM HERE: IMPROV MAPPING WORKSHOP — ONLINE — with John C. Campbell Folk School and LESSONFACE. Workshop is for four consecutive days, March 4-7, 2025 from 9 am to 4 pm Central. For registration and information, CLICK HERE.
Western North Carolina Quilters Guild, Hendersonville, NC — March 20-21, 2025. Improv Mapping 1 1/2 day workshop. and Lecture TBD.
APRIL —
Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild, Georgetown, TX — April 1st & 2nd, 2025 — Lecture — Understanding Color Sense, and Workshop TBD
ANCESTRAL QUILTING — ONLINE — Create a sampler quilt by hand, slow stitching. For John C. Campbell Folk School with LESSONFACE. Three bi-weekly seven hour day classes beginning April 24, May 8 and May 22, 2025 from 9 am to 4 pm Central. For registration and information, CLICK HERE.
MAY —
h+h Americas show, Chicago, IL — May 5 – 9, 2025. More details to come.
Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild, Missouri City, TX — May 15 & 16, 2025. Lecture – The Quilt Police and What Does It Mean to Me?, and workshop — Contemporary Machine Applique.
John c. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC — May 25 – 30th, 2025 — COLOR SENSE workshop. Enrollment will opens July 23rd at 10 am. Click on the Folk School link to the left and it will take you straight to the online catalog.
Quilt by Julia Kolb.
May 30-1st, 2025, Bespoke Patchwork Skirt. Weekend class.
JUNE —
Pine Needle Quilt Guild, Big Canoe, GA — June 3 & 4, 2025, Lecture and Workshop TBD.
QUILT GUILD OF PARKER COUNTY, Weatherford, TX — June 19 & 20, 2025. Lecture – The Art of Understanding Color and Fabric. Workshop: Modern Machine Applique.
ROAD TO VIRGINIA QUILT SHOW, Richmond, VA — June 26 – 30, 2025. Lots more details to come really soon!
JULY —
AUGUST —
East Cobb Quilters Guild, Marietta, GA — August 28 – 30, 2025 — Two-day Improv Mapping workshop, Night Lecture, Morning Lecture.
Quilt by Jean Denton
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PREVIOUS 2023 SCHEDULE
JANUARY —
REGION of YORK QUILT GUILD, Ontario, Canada — Saturday, January 14, 2023. Color Sense, 1-day workshop. Online via Zoom.
JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL ONLINE CLASS, via LESSONFACE — one full week immersion class Creating Garment Patterns That Really Fit — January 16-20, 2023. Registration will open mid-October. Stay tuned.
FABRIC AND FIBER CHARTERED CLUB/SUN CITY, Sun City, TX — Lecture – TBD, Workshop – Machine Applique. January 26 & 27, 2022.
FEBRUARY —
Applique Away on Galveston Bay, Galveston, TX — February 19 – 23, 2023. Two two-day workshops — A is for Applique, wool applique on cotton with hand embroidery — only. The Poppy Wreath, hand appliquéd wreath in your choice of colors — has been cancelled. To register for classes, visit the Applique Away on Galveston Bay website.
JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL ONLINE CLASS via LESSONFACE — All Sorts of Hand Work — Five weeks of in depth classes beginning on Tuesday evenings, February 28th, March 7, 14, 21, & 28, 2023. Registration will open mid-October. Stay tuned!
MARCH–
APRIL —
BERNINA WORLD OF SEWING, Raleigh, NC — Thursday and Friday, April 13 -14, 2023 — Color Sense two-day worshop 10-4 pm.
Saturday and Sunday, April 15 – 16, 2023 — Create Patterns from Garments in Your Closet, two-day workshop, 10-4.
Go to Bernina World of Sewing for registration information.
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC — April 23- 28th, 2023 – week-long. Crazy Quilting with Style.
April 28 – 30th, 2023 – weekend. Primitive Sampler.
MAY —
BLUE VALLEY QUILT GUILD, Overland Park, KS — Lecture: Help! My Fabric Stash is Growing and I can’t Make It Stop!, May 2, 2023, 10-12pm, Workshop: Machine Quilting for Moderns , May 3, 2023.
HEAVENLY STITCHES QUILT SHOP, Lima, OH — I’m coming back!!! Thursday, May 18: BERNINA Ambassasdor Program – How Technology is Changing the Way We Sew and Quilt, and two-day Color Sense workshop, May 19 & 20, 2023. Go to Heavenly Stitches for complete information.
JUNE —
A new baby is going to come sometime this month for the Smith family!!
BERNINA UNIVERSITY, Dallas, TX — June 27 – 20, 2023. I’ll be in the Aurifil booth, doing demonstrations.
JULY —
AUGUST —
ORIGINAL SEW QUILT EXPO, Irvine, TX — I’m going to teach classes, and judging quilts! Classes include Tamarack Quilted Jacket (Tuesday, August 15), Introduction to Machine Applique (Thursday, August 17), Wool Applique by Machine and Serger Test Drive (Friday, August 18), Lecture: Quilted Coats: Then and Now (Saturday, August 19).
TRIAD MODERN QUILT GUILD, Greensboro, NC — Lecture: Creative Modern Garment Sewing, August 22, 2023. Workshop: Creating Patterns from Existing Garments, two-day workshop, August 26-27, 2023. Contact Triad Modern Quilt Guild for more information.
SEPTEMBER —
OCTOBER —
JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL FALL FESTIVAL — I’ll be there with the Fall Festival 2023 Quilt! I’m also vending. I’ll have my books, patterns, handmade design journals, threads and notions available. I hope you’ll stop by and say “Hi”!
CALLA LILY QUILT SHOP, Greensboro, NC — October 20 & 21st, 2023, Color Sense two-day workshop.
INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL, Houston, TX — Workshop October 30th — Bespoke Patchwork Skirt, 9-5. Fowl + Maker will be onsite to chainstitch your favorite quote onto the hem of your skirt, while you work. Go to Quilts.com for registration details. Registration is currently open.
NOVEMBER —
INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL, Houston, TX — I’ll have a Booth — Booth assignment TBD. Fowl+Maker will be onsite to Chain Stitch and personalize your jackets, bags, fabric, purchases. More information to come.
DECEMBER —